Dwc res water way to cold

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Marcorfl

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Just flipped into flower in my dwc set up. Water temp is about 9 degrees C which I know is far to cold. Needing advice on how to warm up red water. Thought of fish tank heater but atm i have no spare power outlets so really have no idea. Cheers for advice in advance
 
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Marcorfl

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Just seeing if there was any other alternatives as i only have 4 power outlets, also will that bring it up enough?
 
Lordhooha

Lordhooha

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Marcorfl said:
Just flipped into flower in my dwc set up. Water temp is about 9 degrees C which I know is far to cold. Needing advice on how to warm up red water. Thought of fish tank heater but atm i have no spare power outlets so really have no idea. Cheers for advice in advance
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Your water is 48 degrees?! Where is your setup outside. The air pump alone should pump enough air to warm the warm more than that.
 
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Marcorfl

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i made a shed which is full insulated from roof to walls. The only heat source is the lights, which are warming up the water but atm i am only running 1 600w light. The res is in a different room which doesn’t have any heat/light on it which is probably why its so cold. I will have to get a heater. Cheers for the advice peeps
 
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Marcorfl

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At the moment i have a v-60 air pump sat in the middle of my room with airlines to each bucket, a reservoir and brain pot with a float valve in a separate room all plumed in but i have no air stones in brain pot of main 100l res. Hopefully I understood your question correctly
 
myke

myke

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Marcorfl said:
At the moment i have a v-60 air pump sat in the middle of my room with airlines to each bucket, a reservoir and brain pot with a float valve in a separate room all plumed in but i have no air stones in brain pot of main 100l res. Hopefully I understood your question correctly
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no your res water pump i mean,it rdwc yes?u can put your air pump closer to light but be cautious with that.
 
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Marcorfl

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Yes my pump is about 2 feet ish from light. I suppose this is the con of having a purpose built room away from the house. Less people near it but no enough power sources lol
 
Lordhooha

Lordhooha

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Marcorfl said:
Yes my pump is about 2 feet ish from light. I suppose this is the con of having a purpose built room away from the house. Less people near it but no enough power sources lol
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It’s too cold out there. Youre. Going to need some serious BTU’s to heat that space.
 
Karlos777

Karlos777

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So i see the problem your room will be too cold without supplimental heat after lights out. I tried it your way but i now run a furnace to 63 degrees. My water temp is 55-61 degrees cold to everyones standard but its growing huge plants no root rot so i see no downside. You could put a temp controlled space heater in there just use a a419 temp controller wired into heater set for 65 degrees it gets cold heater turns on.
 
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Marcorfl

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I will have to give it some thought tomorrow, hopefully I’ll get it sorted tomorrow will probably try aquarium heater first. Room temps are actually ok. Tbh its more if a summer house its fully plasterboard inside as well due to being a builder and ‘borrowing’ all materials :D
 
Lordhooha

Lordhooha

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Marcorfl said:
I will have to give it some thought tomorrow, hopefully I’ll get it sorted tomorrow will probably try aquarium heater first. Room temps are actually ok. Tbh its more if a summer house its fully plasterboard inside as well due to being a builder and ‘borrowing’ all materials :D
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What are the temps when lights are out In said room?
 
kmog33

kmog33

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You could raise the temps of your entire room to raise the res temps....

depending on your current leaf temp, this may or may not be possible. I can’t run dwc in my big flowering space without a chiller, so opposite problem.
 
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